Ferguson officer placed on unpaid leave after calling Michael Brown memorial 'a pile of trash'
The spokesman for the Ferguson, Mo., police department has been placed on unpaid leave after calling the makeshift memorial to slain teenager Michael Brown a "pile of trash in the middle of the street."
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Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015
HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won't be afraid to use it.
Key developments in disappearance of AirAsia jet
An AirAsia jet with 162 people on board disappeared Sunday morning while flying from western Indonesia to Singapore on a scheduled two-hour flight. Here's a look at the key developments:
Five die in Kansas City after car hit by truck
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Police on Sunday were investigating an accident that killed five people, including three toddlers, when their car stopped on a Kansas City freeway and was struck from behind by a semi-truck. Two women and three children under the age of 3 died in the Saturday wreck on…
Auschwitz anniversary a reminder of the danger of staying silent
By Christian Lowe WARSAW (Reuters) - Next month's 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is a reminder, at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise again, of what happens when the world stays silent about persecution, the president of the World Jewish Congress said. Ronald…
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Is Andrew Johnson the worst president in American history?
Today marks the birthday of perhaps the most-maligned president in American history. But was Andrew Johnson really that bad, or just the target of some second-guessing historians?
New hope for obesity patients as FDA approves Saxenda
After promising clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug called Saxenda for chronic weight management that will be available by prescription to overweight and obese adults.
5 dead in apartment building fire near San Antonio
CASTLE HILLS, Texas (AP) — Five people died Sunday after a fire broke out at a senior-living apartment building in the San Antonio suburb of Castle Hills, authorities said.
Man in I-40 crash dies
Aspiring nursed critically hurt after two vehicles slammed into his car
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Taliban claim NATO 'defeat' in 13-year Afghan war
The Taliban responded scornfully Monday to the formal end of NATO's war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a "fire of barbarism and cruelty" that had drowned the country "in a pool of blood".
Authorities investigating after 4 found dead in Texas home
CROWLEY, Texas (AP) — Officers responding to a report of a suicide attempt found four people dead inside a North Texas home Sunday afternoon, police said.
Iran holds funeral for general killed in Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a funeral on Monday for a senior Revolutionary Guard commander who was killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq.
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disappears (26 photos)
An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian waters, with no word on its fate despite several hours of searching by air and sea. AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished in airspace thick with…
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Woman plans guilty plea in triple Texas murders, prosecutor says
By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - A woman charged with helping her husband kill a Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to murder, the special prosecutor in the case said on Sunday. Kim Williams is charged with three counts…
Another Malaysia-linked plane disappearance spooks air travelers
By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Rujun Shen KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - What appears to be a third air disaster involving a Malaysian carrier in less than a year has further dented confidence in the country's aviation industry and spooked air travelers across the region. A plane belonging to…
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Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies
JERUSALEM (AP) — The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe, has died in the southern Israeli town where he brought his followers four decades ago, the polygamous vegan group said Sunday.
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Bird causes emergency landing in Nepal
A Jet Airways plane with 125 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Kathmandu airport on Monday after a bird flew into its left engine, an aviation official said.
Tensions with New York City police go beyond racial issues: commissioner
By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tensions between New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police are rooted in issues that go beyond racial relations, the police commissioner said on Sunday, a day after the funeral of one of two officers slain a week ago as they sat in their patrol car. The…
Britain posts 41 million wills, including Princess Diana's
London (AFP) - Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database Saturday.
